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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094771 | Nuclear voltaic cell The invention describes a product and a method for generating electrical power directly from nuclear power. More particularly, the invention describes the use of a liquid semiconductor as a means for efficiently converting nuclear energy, either nuclear fission and/... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8073097 | Nuclear voltaic cell The invention describes a product and a method for generating electrical power directly from nuclear power. More particularly, the invention describes the use of a liquid semiconductor as a means for efficiently converting nuclear energy, either nuclear fission and/... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7335892 | High energy photon detector and power source with MEMS switch An energy cell, employed as a passive energy source or a detector for sensing high energy photons, takes advantage of the differing electrical properties of metals to produce an induced electromagnetic force charge when exposed to dosages of high energy photons such... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7301254 | High efficiency radio isotope energy converters using both charge and kinetic energy of emitted particles An electrical energy generator with improved efficiency has a base on which is mounted an elastically deformable micromechanical element that has a section that is free to be displaced toward the base. An absorber of radioactively emitted particles is formed on the ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 6911711 | Micro-power source A micro-power generator, comprises an electrically insulating substrate; a semiconductor layer affixed to the substrate; electrodes affixed to the semiconductor layer for collecting electrical charges emitted by a radioisotope source; a radio-isotope source interpos... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6479920 | Direct charge radioisotope activation and power generation An activator has a base on which is mounted an elastically deformable micromechanical element that has a section that is free to be displaced toward the base. An absorber of radioactively emitted particles is formed on the base or the displaceable section... | 11/12/2002 |
| 5825839 | Method and apparatus for converting radioactive materials to electrical energy A method and apparatus for converting radioactive energy into electrical energy is provided and includes a first radioisotope (24) emitting alpha particles and a second radioisotope (28) emitting beta particles. A first plate (16) is positioned proximate ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5616928 | Protecting personnel and the environment from radioactive emissions by controlling such emissions and safely disposing of their energy An apparatus for protecting personnel and the environment from harmful emissions of radiation from a source thereof includes a plurality of shielding parts so located as to be in the path of the radioactive emissions and to absorb them so that an electric... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5590162 | Stand-alone power supply energized by decay of radioactive iostope A stand-alone low-voltage direct current power supply, for use as a battery, which is energized by the decay of a radioactive isotope in response to neutron capture. During this decay, either - or ଲ-particles are emitted. The emitting radioac... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5353321 | Plasma thermoelement A plasma thermoelement which is built into the immediate volume of a nuclear fuel mass of a nuclear fuel element is described which comprises a snorkel (12) which is surrounded by a nuclear fuel mass (14) which in turn is surrounded by a cladding (16). Bo... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5246505 | System and method to improve the power output and longetivity of a radioisotope thermoelectric generator By using the helium generated by the alpha emissions of a thermoelectric generator during space travel for cooling, the thermal degradation of the thermoelectric generator can be slowed. Slowing degradation allows missions to be longer with little additio... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5200141 | Thermionic fuel element An improvement is set forth in a thermionic fuel element which includes a collector base supporting a collector adjacent and closely spaced from an emitter which is supported by an emitter base, the emitter base being adapted to be heated by a heat source... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5149494 | Protecting personnel and the environment from radioactive emissions by controlling such emissions and safely disposing of their energy An apparatus for protecting personnel and the environment from harmful emissions of radiation from a source thereof includes a plurality of shielding parts so located as to be in the path of the radioactive emissions and to absorb them (one such part bein... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4835433 | Apparatus for direct conversion of radioactive decay energy to electrical energy A nuclear battery in which the energy imparted to radioactive decay products during the spontaneous disintegrations of radioactive material is utilized to sustain and amplify the oscillations in a high-Q LC tank circuit is provided. The circuit inductance... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4830817 | Thermoelectric generator with nuclear heat source A thermoelectric generator has a cylindrical high temperature reactor as a heat source. A carbon-fiber reinforced graphite lattice structure supports a multiplicity of thermoelectric units which surround and receive heat from the core of the reactor. The ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4663115 | Protecting personnel and the environment from radioactive emissions by controlling such emissions and safely disposing of their energy An apparatus for protecting personnel and the environment from harmful emissions of radiation from a source thereof includes a plurality of shielding parts so located as to be in the path of the radioactive emissions and to absorb them (one such part bein... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4489269 | Atomic battery with beam switching An electric power generating apparatus that is powered primarily by the emission of electrically charged particles from radio-active materials enclosed in an evacuated vessel of glass or the like. An arrangement of reflecting electrodes causes a beam of p... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4462954 | Energy cell A self pulsating nuclear reactor plant comprising of a reactor cylinder concealing a pair of mobile nuclear mass blocks chosen for pendent radially motion inside a radial cylinder, whereby the arch of mobile mass blocks is limited by stationary mass block... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4426354 | Power generator system for HCl reaction A power generation system includes a nuclear reactor having a core which in addition to generating heat generates a high frequency electromagnetic radiation. An electromagnetic radiation chamber is positioned to receive at least a portion of the radiation... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4415526 | Metal phthalocyanine on a substrate A nuclear fission electrical generator for extracting electrical power from fissionable material having semi-conductor characteristics without the necessity of an intervening thermal energy. Unwanted, randomly created electron-hole pairs are depleted from... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4024410 | Alternating current energy converter An alternating current energy converter comprising a direct energy converter, the internal resistance of which is so connected into an alternating current circuit that current flows as rectified current therethrough and the reactance of the alternating cu... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4016725 | Apparatus for recapturing lost energy in a thermoelectric generating plant In a thermoelectric generating plant utilizing heat to generate electric energy and having a recirculating water system in which the water is heated during passage through the plant and must be cooled before recirculation to the plant thus causing a heat ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3980907 | Method and apparatus for generating electricity magneto hydrodynamically Closed cycle energy conversion system in which a magnetohydrodynamic generator operates on high temperature and high pressure water obtained by combustion of hydrogen in oxygen which is obtained by thermal decomposition of water to produce electricity.... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3931532 | Thermoelectric power system A thermoelectric power system particularly adaptable for use in outer space in which a nuclear reactor heats a working fluid, which in turn supplies heat to a plurality of thermoelectric generators spaced about a ring-shaped support. A first heat pipe is ... | 01/06/1976 |
